Kystbanen

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Kystbanen
Overview
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Copenhagen Central Station Helsingør
Stations	14
Service
Type	Regional railway
System	Danish railways
Operator(s)	DSB
Rolling stock	Litra ET-FT-ET
History
Opened	2 August 1897 (1897-08-02)
Technical
Line length	46.2 km (28.7 mi)
Track length	92.4 km (57.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Double
Character	Passenger and freight
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead catenary (25 kV 50 Hz AC)
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

Kystbanen ("The Coast Line") is a regional railway line between Helsingør (Elsinore) and Copenhagen in Denmark. It was opened in 1897, and is one of the busiest railway lines in Denmark. Kystbanen is operated by Danish State Railways (DSB).

Its original terminus was Østerport Station, but when the station was connected with Copenhagen Central Station in 1917, the terminus moved there. When the Øresund Bridge opened in 2000, service extended to Malmö in Sweden, though the section between Copenhagen and Malmö is a separate railway, the Øresund Line.

The railway services some well-known sights and locations such as Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, and Dyrehavsbakken in Klampenborg.

Since 2023 Kystbanen has no longer been served by Øresund trains to Sweden, and is instead integrated into DSB's regional train network, with trains continuing from Copenhagen to stations on Zealand.^[1]